Pulsar Music Ltd. -

Pulsar Music Ltd. was the name of a jazz-funk/instrumental project put together by Italian soundtrack session musicians. They recorded cues for the 1976 crime/action thriller Milano Violenta (Bloody Payroll). The music appeared as a group-titled album on Cometa Edizioni Musicali.

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Background

Pulsar Music Ltd. formed in 1976 when pianist Enrico Pieranunzi teamed with guitarist Silvano Chimenti and drummer Vincenzo Restuccia for a studio project devoted to film music.

Pieranunzi (b. 1949; Rome) studied classical piano while learning jazz from his father, guitarist Alvaro Pieranunzi. He began conservatory teaching in 1973 and worked concurrently as a jazz pianist and studio musician in Rome.

Chimenti (b. 1947; Taranto) first studied piano, then switched to self-taught guitar. He moved to Rome with beat group The Planets. In 1966, he secured session assignments at RCA Italiana and subsequently recorded for Italian singers and film composers.

Restuccia (b. 1941; Naples) studied drums with Romeo De Piscopo and completed percussion training at the Conservatory of L’Aquila. He first worked as a sessionist for RAI and RCA Italiana.

Chimenti and Restuccia teamed in 1974 for I Gres, a studio quartet that made three volumes of library music on Globevision and Gemelli. Pieranunzi played on contemporary soundtrack sessions for Ennio Morricone and Armando Trovajoli.

The three musicians adopted the Pulsar Music Ltd. name for film assignments that included La poliziotta fa carriera, Milano Violenta, La ragazza alla pari, and Taxi Girl. Pieranunzi and Chimenti recorded thirteen instrumentals associated with the Mario Caiano film Milano Violenta, which Cometa Edizioni Musicali issued in 1976 under the title Pulsar Music Ltd.

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